Treatment For ADHD - What Are The Alternatives Which Will Help Me Raise A Happier Child?
What a difference ten years can make! That is what I thought when I looked at my birthday party photo of 2001.
The same could be said for the results of a study in 1999 which was praising to the skies the great benefits of psychostimulants as the linchpin of treatment for ADHD.
Ten years on and the same results are now being questioned.
There is growing evidence that even after a two year period, the effects of these meds may actually begin to wear off.
The Washington Post recently carried an article outlining the changes in views over the ten year period.
One of the most respected ADHD experts in the world, Dr.
William Pelham, was honest and frank when he said that parents must be told that medications using psychostimulants such as Adderall and Concerta are not going to give the long term benefits that were first expected.
In fact there may be long term risks.
In the heated debate which has followed the revelations in The Washington Post, experts are now saying that a much more holistic approach must be taken with treatment for ADHD.
This is essential as the psychostimulants and other types of medications can only be beneficial in the short term in relieving some of the symptoms of a poor attention span and impulsivity.
The essential element in any treatment for ADHD must be behavior therapy or simply effective parenting skills which will teach the child how to tell bad behavior from good and how to behave in social situations.
These are the life skills they will need and the benefits will last a lot longer than two or three years.
In addition, alternative treatments for ADHD are now gaining in popularity for various reasons.
, One is that there are no side effects at all as in the case of homeopathic remedies for ADHD.
Neither are there any long term risks.
Yet the medical profession is understandably slow to change especially as it scorns homeopathic remedies.
Treatment for ADHD could never consist of remedies diluted a hundred times.
Yet the same experts cannot explain how psychostimulants work on a child's brain and even worse, what effects they may have on the child's neural development.
As a parent, I refuse to be told what to believe and I prefer to examine the alternatives with an open mind and also to educate myself as regards certain risks associated with medications.
If you agree with me, why not click through to my website where I have set out what alternative treatments for ADHD are possible and have also shown fantastic results.
If they had not, I would not have written this article!
The same could be said for the results of a study in 1999 which was praising to the skies the great benefits of psychostimulants as the linchpin of treatment for ADHD.
Ten years on and the same results are now being questioned.
There is growing evidence that even after a two year period, the effects of these meds may actually begin to wear off.
The Washington Post recently carried an article outlining the changes in views over the ten year period.
One of the most respected ADHD experts in the world, Dr.
William Pelham, was honest and frank when he said that parents must be told that medications using psychostimulants such as Adderall and Concerta are not going to give the long term benefits that were first expected.
In fact there may be long term risks.
In the heated debate which has followed the revelations in The Washington Post, experts are now saying that a much more holistic approach must be taken with treatment for ADHD.
This is essential as the psychostimulants and other types of medications can only be beneficial in the short term in relieving some of the symptoms of a poor attention span and impulsivity.
The essential element in any treatment for ADHD must be behavior therapy or simply effective parenting skills which will teach the child how to tell bad behavior from good and how to behave in social situations.
These are the life skills they will need and the benefits will last a lot longer than two or three years.
In addition, alternative treatments for ADHD are now gaining in popularity for various reasons.
, One is that there are no side effects at all as in the case of homeopathic remedies for ADHD.
Neither are there any long term risks.
Yet the medical profession is understandably slow to change especially as it scorns homeopathic remedies.
Treatment for ADHD could never consist of remedies diluted a hundred times.
Yet the same experts cannot explain how psychostimulants work on a child's brain and even worse, what effects they may have on the child's neural development.
As a parent, I refuse to be told what to believe and I prefer to examine the alternatives with an open mind and also to educate myself as regards certain risks associated with medications.
If you agree with me, why not click through to my website where I have set out what alternative treatments for ADHD are possible and have also shown fantastic results.
If they had not, I would not have written this article!